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PASSENGER-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,619, dated June 10,1890.

Serial No. 322,322. (No model.)

Application filed August 29, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC BER GUENZBURG, a subject of the Emperor ofRussia, residing at St. Petersburg, Russia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Passenger-Cars for Railways and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal Vertical section, taken on line to as of Fig.2, of so much of a sleeper as will be necessary to illustrate myinvention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse section taken on the interrupted line 1 2 3 4 of Fig. 2, andFigs. 4 to 7 are detail views.

The additional expense exacted for sleeping accommodations on railwaysis such that a comparatively small number of the traveling public canavail themselves of this luxury; and the present invention has for itsobject to improve and simplifythe construction of sleepers, so thatsleeping accommodations may be furnished to the traveling public withoutextra charge, or at a comparatively trifling extra charge.

To these ends the invention consists in structural features andcombinations of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully described, andas set forth in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, 0 indicates the car-body, which may be of theordinary construction; but in order to obtain a greater space verticallysuch cars maybe constructed with a nearly fiat roof R,'as shown,andsuitable ventilators V provided.

The seats, accommodating,as usual, two persons each, are arranged inpairs, as shown at S S, along the central aisle or passage p, each pairof seats S S being separated from the next by a vertical partition P,thus forming a compartment-car, the compartments of which may or may notbe closed along the central passage by suitable curtains. As shown,theseats S S face each other, and to the edge of one of the seats S arehinged two extensionboards B B, that fold onto said seat S, and

that when turned over fit against the opposite seat S, so as to formsubstantially a plain surface, the edge of the said seat S beingconstructed with 'a rabbet and supporting-ledge 's, and the edge of theboards B B with a corresponding projecting ledge and rabbet b, as shownin Figs. 1 and 4. Instead of supporting the free edge of the boards B Bfrom the edge of the seat S, the latter may be provided with bolts B onits under side, as shown in Fig. 7, said bolts being provided withsuitable handles h. The distance between each two partitions is equal tothe average height of a man,so that when the boards B B are turned'overabed for two persons may be made thereon. The two seats S and S willtherefore afford ample room for a double bed, and to accommodate theother two passengers 1 provide a like double bed above the seat, suchbed being formed by means of two boards, or latticed or slatted frames FF, that are hinged to the partitions P, said boards or frames being ofsuch width as that their edges will nearly meet when lifted into ahorizontalposition. Near their free edges the boards are provided witheyes or hooks E, to which are hooked the ends of chains 0, dependingfrom the car-roof, and when the boards or frames F F are not in use thechain ends are hooked to hooks or eyes 6, secured to said car-roof, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

To facilitate the connecting of the chains to the boards or frames F Fat the side of the car, a corner of such boards is cut away, as shown atb Fig. 6, so that the hand may be readily passed between the boards andthe side of the car to hook the chains 0 to said boards, or the hooks oreyes E may be formed on a bar 6, secured to the under side of the boardsor frames, as shown in dotted lines in said Fig. 7.

To afford ready access to the upper berths, I provide a step A, Fig. 1,and hand-holds H, Fig. 3, the length of the boards or frames F F beingslightly less than that of the seats S S, and the outer edges of saidboards are rounded off, as shown in Fig. 6.

Other means than the chains 0 may be provided to support the outer orfree edges of the boards or frames F Fas, forinstance,

, rods depending from the car-roof or braces applied underneath theboards or frames and connected with the partitions P.

The seats, as Well as the frames or boards F F, may be upholstered ornot as desired.

To obviate the increase in the height of the seat S by the boards 15 B,the latter may be made detachable from the seat, in that both seat edgesand both edges of the boards are provided with the rabbet and ledges 5Z), respectively, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the boards may be removedand laid underneath the seats, or said boards may be supported at bothedges by bolts secured to the seats, as hereinabove described and asshown in Fig. 7.

Having described my invention, What I ISAAC BER GUENZBURG.

\Vitnesses:

N. TSCHEKALOFF, I. STIERLING.

